I thought this was contextual. Handcent, for example, has a setting that lets you toggle between the smiley button and an enter/return button. Do you see the smiley button everywhere when you type?
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eldarerathis♦Oct 25 '11 at 20:47

@eld ah it only affects the stock messaging application. Do I really need to install a different messenger to get this to go away?
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EarlzOct 25 '11 at 20:52

Hm, I'm certainly not seeing a way to do this in the stock messaging app. That's kind of annoying if so (I turn that button off on Handcent for the same reason).
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eldarerathis♦Oct 25 '11 at 20:58

No answers here, but just wanted to contribute my experience with this, which is that on my Droid3 (OS v2.3.4, NOT rooted; Swype v3.25.91.34494) it seems to depend on who I am texting with. In some (most) cases, the keyboard includes a return key. With certain (few) people, the return key is replaced by the "smiley" key and there is no obvious way to switch that key to the return key. I am using Google Voice (v0.4.2.66) for most of my SMS messages, and where this behavior is observed.
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user24486Dec 3 '12 at 17:51

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That's unfortunately not possible, Swype would need to provide a setting for this, which they don't. You might have more luck with third-party-messaging apps, but I doubt it, as this is a contextual feature that pops up whenever it makes sense for smileys to be inserted.